About Dylan Cornelius

Hi, I’m Dylan Cornelius.

Since you’re here, we may share something in common

I help mid-career professionals and knowledge workers confidently stay focused on their strategic plans so that they can fulfill their purpose in life.

When I’m not creating or executing a plan, I’m on a road or trail in preparation for a cycling tour, hike, or endurance race. Usually, those tours, hikes, and races involve my Honey Bunny, Lori.

Introduce yourself, and let’s exchange adventure stories!

It hasn’t always seemed so simple

I was on the phone with my brother, telling him how unhappy I was in my marriage.

“Do something about it or quit complaining”, he said. “It’s been five years.”

“Five years?!” I asked. “You must be mistaken. No way.”

“Oh, yes.”, he said. “Remember that first time you said you were unhappy? That was five years ago.”

He told me a story that sounded vaguely familiar. At first, it didn’t register, but then I realized it was my story. It had happened in my life — to me.

…and when I told him that earlier story, I’d been sitting in that same green mini-van, in front of that same red brick house next to the lake, after a day at that same job.

“Oh my gosh!”, I thought back to that time. “It has been five years!”

I struggled on my own for a long time

…and that job wasn’t a bed of roses either. I’d been passed over for promotions four times in three years, as I repeatedly watched my peers promoted to be my boss.

So I did what any multiple-degree holding Top-20 university-educated professional would do: I took more classes and read more books.

But that didn’t solve my problems.

Next, I hired therapists, counselors, coaches, doctors, attorneys, and nutritionists.

I participated in 12-step programs, Toastmasters, Landmark Worldwide, and Weight Watchers.

Eventually, I saw the problem. Through decades of focus on achievement and personal development, I hadn’t been taking care of the people in my life, at home or work, least of all myself.

I applied the “Career Acceleration Roadmap” and my life improved

When I began focusing on the quality of my relationships and taking care of people, my life turned around.

Though my marriage didn’t survive, I met Lori, a fantastic woman who trained me for my first 2 marathons. I lost 50 pounds, and now I do marathons and triathlons for fun.

Now, rather than being passed over for promotions and laid off, I’m picked to lead teams, and I’m routinely acknowledged for the value I provide to people and organizations.

When I began focusing on building and sustaining teams, just as I’d done at work and trained to do in graduate school, I got my allergies and autoimmunity under control, and I began receiving awards for my running results.

Lori and I ride a tandem bike on week-long tours. If there’s anything that will drive a relationship to its inevitable outcome, it’s tandem cycling and canoeing: our relationship works.

Soon we’ll be doing month-long tours and hikes.

I want to help you, too

I’ve committed to creating a world that works for everyone, by helping everyone apply the “Career Acceleration Roadmap” in their own lives and careers:

Clarify your purpose in life.
Upgrade your mindset and self-talk.
Build great relationships.
Upgrade your leadership skills and teamwork.

More about Dylan Cornelius

My Personal Mission

I inspire and empower innovative, impactful, inspiring, committed, and fun people to fulfill their purpose in life using the “Career Acceleration Roadmap”.

My Personal Vision

I envision a world that works for everyone, everywhere, with no one and nothing left out.

My Personal Values

I value:

Adventure. I love the journey and process of creating the future, in initiatives with uncertain outcomes.
Fitness: I believe everything can and should be sufficient for the need.
Service: We are all better and more inspired when we are operating in service of something bigger than ourselves.
Endurance: I build things that last for as long as necessary, and I do it without destroying value elsewhere.

I’ve Been Featured in

		USA Today
		Arizona Republic
		The Williamson County Sun
		The Oakland Tribune
		Promoted: The Proven Career Acceleration Formula To Reach The Top Without Working Harder Or Playing Office Politics

My University Education

The University of California	BA Psychology
Santa Clara University	MBA Management of Technology and Innovation MIS Finance

My Professional Certifications

Some Athletic Pursuits

***Tandem Cycling:*** Lori And Dylan At The 2015 Easter Hill Country Ride. Tandem Cycling Rules!

***Running:*** Austin Half Marathon 2016 Lori T Brown and Dylan Cornelius

Triathlon: Dylan Cornelius begins the 5k run leg of the Lake Pflugerville Triathlon, June 16, 2019.

Products and Services I’ve Delivered

Dylan Cornelius Management, LLC

Career and Relationship Coaching
Team Acceleration Academy
Personal Purpose Blueprint
Mindset Mastery Blueprint
Overtime Elimination Planner
Team Collaboration Accelerator
Team Purpose Blueprint
Relationship to Results
Finally Thin Forever

Charles Schwab & Company

Schwab Mobile app on iOS, iPad, and Android

LPL Financial

Account View

PNC Bank

Virtual Server Automation in a Dev Ops pipeline that reduced the time to deliver a server by 99%

Kasasa

Kasasa Loans

Dun and Bradstreet

Hoover’s
D&B360
D&B Direct

Applied Materials

Total Service Solutions
Total Support Solutions

Oracle

ORPOS Point of Sale
Oracle WMS Warehouse Management System

Best Buy

Pricing and Tagging

Ross Stores

Warehouse Management System

UC Berkeley Science in Schools Program

Taught second graders about vision and dissected eyeballs with them

Newark Memorial High School

Tutored high school students in math and science

Articles about Dylan Cornelius

Blog posts

Case studies

What they say

Improve focus, support, and accountability.

	Project Management Professional	Creating temporary organizations to manage one-time initiatives to achieve specific goals
	Certified Scrum Master	Agile management
	Certified Information Systems Security Professional	Creating and managing ongoing initiatives that: 1. identify the level of risk in an organization’s information systems 2. manage the level of risk to an acceptable level
	Strategic Intervention Practitioner of Excellence	Human empowerment